Aakash Tablet Archive

There is official statement stating tendering process for rolling out the improved version of the world’s cheapest tablet PC, Aakash, will be handled by the Department of Information Technology The step was taken to sort out differnces between IIT Rajasthan and Datawind, the manufacturer of the tablet PC, over the issue of enhanced specification demands.

The HRD Ministry today held a high-level review meeting with regard to the quality of the low-cost ‘Aakash’ tablet PC.HRD Minister Kapil Sibal had indicated that the improved and upgraded version would be launched by April this year and would be known as ‘Aakash-II’. “In order to cater to the huge demand, we need several